title: A case of isolated pulmonary mucormycosis in an immunocompetent host.
abstract: Mucormycosis is a rare fungal disease that holds a fatal opportunistic fungal infection in diabetes mellitus, hematological malignancy, and immunocompromised host. Isolated pulmonary mucormycosis is extremely rare. Optimal therapy is a combined medical-surgical approach and a management of the patient's underlying disease. Herein, we report a case-study of isolated pulmonary mucormycosis which was being presented as multiple lung nodules in a patient with no underlying risk factors. Considering that the patient had poor pulmonary functions, we treated him with only antifungal agent rather than a combined medical-surgical approach. After treatment with antifungal agent for six months, the nodules of pulmonary mucormycosis were improved with the prominent reductions of size on the computed tomography.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Jung Su
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Ho Cheol
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Sang Woo
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Hoon Sub
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: So
authors.forename: Chang Yun
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Woo
authors.forename: Jong Han
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Sang Hyung
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Se Jin
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Yeon-Mok
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Oh
keywords: Immunocompetence; Lung; Mucormycosis; Posaconazole